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| Washington, D.C., Wins V.D. Triple Crown |
| 2009-11-19 |
| Leads Nation in Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Rate CNSNews.com) -- Washington, D.C., had the dubious distinction of beating all 50 states to post the highest rates in the nation for the sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. The District of Columbia had a Chlamydia rate of 1,177 cases per 100,000 people--almost three times the rate of its neighbors, Virginia (405) and Maryland (439). Mississippi was a distant second, at 728 cases per 100,000 people. By comparison, California's rate was 407 cases per 100,000; New York came in at 458; New Mexico at 470; Utah at 377 and Maine's rate was a mere 198 per 100,000. For gonorrhea, D.C.'s rate was 451.5 cases per 100,000--almost twice that of second-ranking Mississippi (256.8); more than three times the rate of its neighbors Virginia (134) and Maryland (118); more than 13 times the rate of Oregon (32.5) and more than 25 times the rate of Utah (18). D.C.'s nation-leading syphilis rate of 24.8 cases (including both primary and secondary syphilis) per 100,000 dwarfed second-place Louisiana's 16.5 per 100,000 rate and third-place Alabama's rate of 9.7 per 100,000. It and was nearly four times the rate of Maryland (6.7). By comparison, the syphilis rate was 6.3 per 100,000 for New York; 6.0 for California; 4.3 for Illinois; 3.4 for Virginia and 0.05 for Iowa. The CDC report is based on 2007 surveillance statistics, updated in 2008 and released Monday. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 does the congress and senate count in these rates? |
| Posted by: chris 2009-11-19 11:13 |
| #4 Long term, hardcore syphilis infection would explain at least part of the crazy emanating from DC, though. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-11-19 06:53 |
| #3 DC is a living petri dish of diseases of the mind, body, and soul. Don't look back. You could become a pillar of salt. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-11-19 03:23 |
| #2 not surprising seeing how much DC has been screwing the rest of the country lately |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2009-11-19 02:29 |
| #1 Uh, uh, V.D. = VOS DOMINI??? Gut nuthin > D *** NG IT, THATS TWICE! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-11-19 00:41 |